Float like a Cadillac, Sting like a beemer

Famous catchphrase from the 2006 film Cars. This sentence is pronounced by the main character of the film Lightning McQueen many times during the film, to kinda hype himself up.

*mcqueen does an epic drift on the dirty section of the track*
Hudson Hornet: Float like a Cadillac
Lighning McQueen: Sting like a beemer!
(float like a cadillac, sting like a beemer)

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Float like a Cadillac, Sting like a Beemer

Referring to the quote from the movie "Cars," it is believed to be coined off of Muhammad Ali's "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

But in the movie it seems to be a variation of Ali's quote but in "racing terms," since both Cadillac and Beemer (BMW) are both real life car manufacturers.

"Float like a Cadillac, sting like a beemer."
- Doc Hudson and Lightning Mcqueen

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
- Muhammad Ali

"He's driving so smooth and fast, it's like he's floating like a Cadillac and stinging like a Beemer"